Magento® Supplier Inventory Management

The Magento® Supplier Product Inventory ManagementExtension by CreativeMinds allows approved suppliers to add and manage products on a front-end dashboard of your site.

Managing Inventory Dashboard

This inventory management extension has the ability to benefit both admin and suppliers.

Admins have the ability to manage suppliers and uploaded products, while store suppliers can upload products from a front-end dashboard without gaining access to the store admin panel.

Frontend dashboard grid showing all vendor products

Managing Product Attributes

Admin can assign attribute sets available for each supplier or vendor, while maintaining the admin's exclusive ability to approve or dismiss uploaded products, as well as being able to moderate supplier products which need further editing.

Vendor's Edit / Add product screen showing attributes available

Vendor Reports

Reporting features allow admin and suppliers to generate detailed reports on sold items and sales achievements. This helps admin track supplier performance.

Frontend Uploader Extension Additional Modules

Frontend / Marketplace Vendor Subscription (User Guide), (View AddOn Video)
– Supports adding a subscription plan for vendors. The plan restricts how many products each vendor can create based on their subscription plan. Admin can set how much each plan costs. The subscription plan is created as a virtual product and vendor needs to purchase this in order to activate the subscription. Add to Cart

Frontend / Marketplace Inventory Updater (View AddOn Video) – With this addon, vendors can point to a CSV file which be used on a daily basis to update their inventory in their installation. Add to Cart

Frontend Products Inventory Management Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a limit to how many supplier accounts can upload products to my store?

No. Anyone who has a customer account can upgrade to a supplier account and upload products to your store, that is of course assuming they have your admin approval. You can approve as many supplier accounts as you like and even add them yourself manually.

The only limitation you might run into is, if you end up having many many suppliers selling products frequently making your site high traffic, in which case be mindful of the quality of your hosting provider

Does the extension let suppliers access my Magento admin dashboard?

Absolutely not! Each supplier account has its own front end dashboard from which the supplier can upload and manage products. There is no need for the suppliers to log into the Magento admin dashboard at all.

Will I be able to approve or dismiss products uploaded to my site?

Yes. In the admin panel you can determine which suppliers you trust and that can freely upload products and which of suppliers require admin moderation and approval.

The built in notifications system will notify you whenever a newly uploaded product requires moderation and approval and will also notify suppliers when their product has been approved, moderated or dismissed.

Learn more about Admin Moderation of supplier added products in this Help Article

Can a customer buy from multiple vendors in one order?

Yes, customers can buy from multiple vendors in one single order. In this case, the shipping cost is calculated as the total sum of shipping costs from all vendors in the current cart.

For example, if you have three products in your cart, 2 from one vendor, and 1 from another vendor, total shipping costs will be the sum of shipping cost set up by one vendor for his products, plus the shipping cost set by the second vendor for his product.

To learn more about Multiple Vendors in One Order see this Help Article

Can Suppliers be notified by the Extension when an order for their product(s) has been made on the store?

Yes. There is a notification feature for vendors built into the extension that they can enable or disable.

It’s also possible for the Administrator to decide globally for all Vendors or individually for each Vendor whether or not notifications are sent to them when orders for their products come in.